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: 1882 In the first match played by the club, Corinthians beat St. Thomas's Hospital 2-1. Up to the First War this fine amateur club pioneered overseas tours and at home to more than hold their own with the top professional sides, thrashing Bury, Preston North End and Manchester United among others, when those clubs were at their strongest. After the War the more professional approach of the League clubs to the game gradually told and by the mid thirties even lowly Third Division clubs could beat them. In 1939 they amalgamated with the Casuals.; 1928 Tottenham Hotspur signed Harold Wilding, Chelsea centre half. Joined Chelsea during the first War during which he won the M.M. with the Guards. He played in 241 League games and scored 22 goals for the Stamford Bridge club but only remained for the rest of the season with Spurs, playing in 12 matches and scoring 1 goal.; 1930 By beating Birmingham 2-0 at Old Trafford, Manchester United won their first points of the season. They had lost each of their first twelve matches the worst start by any club to a Football League program. They finished the season bottom of the First Division having lost 27 matches and 115 goals.; 1933 Stoke City signed Arthur Tutin, Aldershot wing half and often considered the finest player produced by the Hampshire team. He joined the 'Shots in 1932 and the War in 1939 ended his brief first class career as he did not return to the game afterwards. Played 12 League games for Aldershot and 183, 4 goals, for Stoke.